New Posts For Thread: Good news / Bad news for 4e fanshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401909/Good_news__Bad_news_for_4e_fansThe new submission guidelines for Dragon/Dungeon have been posted and there's both good and bad news for fans of 4e.First the good news:" Although Wizards has announced a new iteration of the D&D game and made playtest materials available, no releasone thing to keep in mind is that many (maybe most) people who buy books do so for the mechanics, and dont care about fluff or are happy to make it themselves. I can easily think of fluff but I cant make up mechaics or balance a class on the fly. cruhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401909/Good_news__Bad_news_for_4e_fans?post_id=525362975#525362975one thing to keep in mind is that many (maybe most) people who buy books do so for the mechanics, and dont care about fluff or are happy to make it themselves. I can easily think of fluff but I cant make up mechaics or balance a class on the fly. cruMon, 22 Oct 2012 14:48:55 -0500That wasn't my point. My point was that it's harder to design quality mechanical content based on story elements than the other way around. The reason is that it's easy for good designers to identify holes in the current content/design, then design ghttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401909/Good_news__Bad_news_for_4e_fans?post_id=525274743#525274743That wasn't my point. My point was that it's harder to design quality mechanical content based on story elements than the other way around. The reason is that it's easy for good designers to identify holes in the current content/design, then design gFri, 19 Oct 2012 23:05:59 -0500I did take a look at those new Seeker powers and have to say, I am pleasantly surprised in the direction they decided to go. One of my Seeker player's gazed at them beside me. Fortunately, he thought Halloween came early. His seeker looks to be gainihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401909/Good_news__Bad_news_for_4e_fans?post_id=525271849#525271849I did take a look at those new Seeker powers and have to say, I am pleasantly surprised in the direction they decided to go. One of my Seeker player's gazed at them beside me. Fortunately, he thought Halloween came early. His seeker looks to be gainiFri, 19 Oct 2012 19:23:56 -0500I was hoping for some binder love, myself.[/quote]At least Binder is a part of a much larger class in option choices. Runepriest is just thrown to the wind as if it had been just another sunday night invention which was deemed trash-compactible. [/quhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401909/Good_news__Bad_news_for_4e_fans?post_id=525267935#525267935I was hoping for some binder love, myself.[/quote]At least Binder is a part of a much larger class in option choices. Runepriest is just thrown to the wind as if it had been just another sunday night invention which was deemed trash-compactible. [/quFri, 19 Oct 2012 16:12:43 -0500As has been mentioned before: deity independent MBA for avengershttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401909/Good_news__Bad_news_for_4e_fans?post_id=525267125#525267125As has been mentioned before: deity independent MBA for avengersFri, 19 Oct 2012 15:48:46 -0500